It seems that President Obama can’t even go a week without being taken to task by the media for his tendency to, umm, “embellish” the achievements of his namesake health insurance law. Once again the … [Read more...]
News you can use: Frank Chopp knows another budget gimmick is not news – he does it every year
Legislators know that not all votes are created equal, which allows them to put a bright spotlight on ones which are popular with voters (like the Real Hope Act) while assuming that others will avoid … [Read more...]
News you can use: In case you missed it – we’ve been stimulated for 5 years now
Turns out that President Obama’s vaunted economic recovery stimulus package turned five years old yesterday – though you might not have noticed if you get most of your news from Democrat politicians … [Read more...]
News you can use: Nobody’s paying attention on a Friday – let’s give ourselves a raise!
You have to hand it to the Inslee media team – they have learned that releasing bad news just before a three-day holiday weekend is one way to bury it. So, in case you missed it, Jay Inslee decided … [Read more...]
News you can use: You mean the minimum wage is about politics, not policy?
Lost in all the arguing over the economics of the minimum wage, is the reality that Democrats are pushing to issue for political reasons, not out of some newfound policy principal. Of course, it’s … [Read more...]
Department of Ecology putting politics first, killing jobs
Jay Inslee's Dept. of Ecology doubled down on Wednesday on its decision to kill new jobs at all costs. Of course, they don't call it that, they say they're just "studying the issues." But when it … [Read more...]
Is it only worth protesting if you can attack Republicans?
Normally interest groups plan their annual trips to the Legislature pretty well. After all, it’s only once a year, like Christmas, that they are guaranteed attention. That’s why it was so surprising … [Read more...]
Hedge fund billionaire Tom Steyer knows lack of ‘integrity’ when he sees it, goes back on attack
California billionaire Tom Steyer put himself (and his NextGen Climate Action group) back in the news last week, jumping into the fray over the U.S. State Department report that said finishing the … [Read more...]
Hold on to your wallets, Inslee getting ready to “negotiate” with unions
One of the main reasons why various unions across Washington State were willing to invest more than $4 million into electing Jay Inslee in 2012 was for the opportunity to get to “negotiate” future … [Read more...]
Democrat senators tell voters ‘we know better than you’
SHIFT Guest Opinion – Common Sense from Seattle If there was ever a policy idea that is popular with Washington voters it is making sure that tax increases require a bi-partisan vote. As noted … [Read more...]
Now this is lean management — just don’t do the work
Sometimes it seems the state’s Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) just can’t win. An agency that generally only gets in the news when it’s bad news tried yesterday to put some positive … [Read more...]
Can You Believe the Liberal Attack Network? – “We don’t really care what the letter is after somebody’s name, right”
When it comes to telling out-and-out lies about everything from Republican candidates to the need to raise taxes to even the mission of his own organization, few liberals are as brazen as Aaron Ostrom … [Read more...]